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Ellen J Amundsen1, Ingeborg Rossow, Svetlana Skurtveit
1Norwegian Institute for Alcohol and Drug Research, Oslo, Norway. eja@sirus.no
Addiction (Abingdon, England)
|September 28, 2005
Summary
Adolescent drinking behavior in Norway shows acculturation influences. Immigrant youth drank less, but Norwegian youth also reduced drinking in schools with more Muslim students, indicating bidirectional adaptation.
Area of Science:
- Sociology
- Public Health
- Adolescent Psychology
Background:
- Adolescent drinking behavior is influenced by cultural factors.
- Acculturation processes can impact health-related behaviors.
- Understanding these dynamics is crucial in multicultural societies.
Purpose of the Study:
- To examine the relationship between adolescent drinking patterns and acculturation.
- To compare drinking behavior among immigrant and native adolescents in Norway.
- To explore the role of the social environment in shaping these behaviors.
Main Methods:
- Cross-sectional school survey of 8361 10th-grade students in Oslo, Norway.
- Data collected on drinking behavior (ever, frequency, intoxication) and acculturation indicators (generation, length of stay).
- School-level proportion of Muslim students used as a proxy for social environment 'dryness'.
Main Results:
- Immigrant adolescents reported lower rates of current drinking, frequent drinking, and intoxication compared to native adolescents.
- Shorter length of stay in Norway and higher proportion of Muslim students in schools were associated with less alcohol consumption among immigrant students.
- Among native adolescents, higher proportions of Muslim students in schools correlated with increased abstinence and reduced drinking frequency/intoxication.
Conclusions:
- Adolescent drinking behavior in multicultural Norway reflects a bidirectional acculturation process.
- Both immigrant and majority populations adapt their behaviors to some extent.
- Social environment, indicated by school demographics, plays a significant role in modulating these acculturation effects on drinking.
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